Cotton Bowl Stadium is an outdoor stadium in south central America, opened in 1930 at the Texas State Exhibition site in Dallas. Concerts or other events that use the stage allow the playground to be used for additional audiences.
The Cotton Bowl is the old home of the semi-final of an annual college football game known as the Cotton Bowl Classic, which is named the stadium. Beginning on New Year's Day 1937, it hosted 73 first editions of the game, until January 2009; game moved to AT & amp; T Stadium in Arlington in January 2010. The stadium also hosts the Red River Showdown, an annual college football game between Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns, and the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
The stadium has been home to many football teams over the years, including: Mustangs High (NCAA), Dallas Cowboys (NFL, 1960-1971), Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952), Dallas Texans (AFL: 1960-1962) , and the football team, Dallas Tornado (NASL: 1967-1968), and FC Dallas (Dallas Burn 1996-2004, FC Dallas 2005) (Major League Soccer, 1996-2002, 2004-2005). It was also one of the nine spots used for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
It became known as "The House Was Doak Built", because the large crowd that high school ran back Doak Walker pulled into the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s.
In its seventh season, the Cowboys hosted the Green Bay Packers for the NFL championship at the Cotton Bowl on January 1, 1967. The college bowl games of the year included high school and played the day before, New Year's Eve, which required a quick turnaround. to change the field. Both matches were filled with 75,504 capacity, but both local teams came up short.
Synthetic grass was installed in 1970 and removed in 1993 in preparation for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The height of the playing field is about 450 feet (140 m) above sea level.
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History
Construction began at Fair Park Stadium 88 years ago in 1930 on the same site as a wooden football stadium before it became known as Fair Park Stadium. Completed that year, the first game at the stadium was between the Dallas area high school in October 1930. Built at a cost of $ 328,000, 45,507 spectators were held; the name was officially converted to Cotton Bowl in 1936.
In 1948, the stadium was paired on the west side, increasing the capacity to 67,000. The eastern side was closed the following year, increasing its capacity to 75,504. These decks were added in response to fans' requests to watch Halak Doak Walker's high school, leading the Cotton Bowl to be known as "the home built by Doak." The superstructure was also built at this time, creating a distinctive facade for the stadium. In 1968, seat-backs were installed, reducing capacity to 72,032. In 1970, the Cotton Bowl installed the AstroTurf surface, which remained until 1993.
In 1950, as a way to break the Texas League record for the opening day attendance, Richard Burnett got permission to play in the Cotton Bowl, which at that time could hold as many as 75,000. To attract a large crowd, he wanted the former star ranks to wear the Dallas Eagles uniform and face one of Tulsa's batons at the top of the first inning. Most of the retired stars were cool with the idea, except the Dallas Eagles manager then Charlie Grimm. When the legendary Ty Cobb agreed to come to Dallas, others followed in his footsteps. Predicting the game is a parade through downtown Dallas. "It was a pre-match show that got them," Dizzy Dean chanted with congratulations. "Cobb, Cochrane, Home Run Baker, Speaker, and Ol 'Diz in Dallas." 54,151 who appeared fortunate enough to see Ty Cobb hit several balls into the stands, just to show he can still handle the bat. The Kilgore College Rangerettes training team was on the field before the game. The Texas governor, Allan Shivers, threw out the first pitch. Defensively, the Old-timer Eagles lineup is: Duffy Lewis in the left field, Cobb in the middle of the field, Texas Tris Speaker original on the right field, Frank "Home Run" Baker in third base, Travis Jackson on shortstop, Charlie Gehringer in second base , Grimm manager at first base, Mickey Cochrane at the catcher, and former Houston star Buffalo pitcher Dizzy Dean on the mound. Dean runs the leadoff dough for Tulsa, Harry Donabedian, on the count of 3-2, and then regular Dallas players take the field. Dean enters the rhubarb which is set and thrown from the game. The attendance figures still stand as the largest in the history of the Texas League and the second largest in the history of the minor leagues.
Cotton Bowl hosted six World Cup matches in 1994. To meet FIFA's requirements for this game, stadium field is widened, enlarged press box and natural grass reassembled. The play surface has remained a natural grass ever since. Capacity was lowered to 71,615 in 1994 and to 68,252 in 1996. The stadium also hosted the Gold Cup Football Game in 1993.
In the 2000s (decades), new dominance of the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns created renewed interest in their competition, and stadiums. The temporary booth is set up in each end zone to increase seating for this game from over 68,000 to 90,000.
In November 2006, the city of Dallas and the Texas State Fair finally approved funding for a planned long-term 50 million dollar renovation, with $ 30 million of this amount from municipal bonds. Thus, in April 2007, schools signed contracts to play in Cotton Bowl until 2015, plus a $ 57 million grant for the upgrading and upgrading of old stadiums. The 2008 game was held on 11 October.
The 2008 renovation included an expansion of the stadium seating capacity from 68,252 to 92,100, mostly through the full deck of the second deck, new media and VIP facilities, scoreboard and new video screens, restrooms and updated concession areas, lighting, utilities and improved sound and replacement all stadium seats. The new record for attendance was set when 96,009 fans attended the vs. Oklahoma football game. Texas 2009.
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Use of stadium
The Cotton Bowl has been used by teams in several sports throughout its history, and has hosted three college bowl games. Cotton Bowl also hosts major music concerts, including the inaugural Texxas Jam and other similar events.
Football
Cotton Bowl Classic
From 1937 to 2009, the Cotton Bowl held the Cotton Bowl Classic, an annual NCAA Division I bowl game. Starting in 2010, bowl games have been played at AT & T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. From 1941 to 1994, Southwest Conference champions will play in a bowl game; since 1997, the first postseason of the Big 12 Conference, the second-place team has been competing against the SEC team at the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys also named the Cotton Bowl home for 12 seasons, from the team formation from 1960 to 1971. After playing their first two home games in 1971 at the Cotton Bowl, the Cowboys opened the Texas Stadium in Irving on October 24.
Dallas Bowl Heart
Since January 2011, Cotton Bowl has been the home of the Heart of Dallas Bowl, an annual college football bowl game. The game is temporarily called "Dallas Football Classic" before TicketCity is announced as the title sponsor of the bowl game. The game is called "TicketCity Bowl" for the first two games. On October 4, 2012, the name changed again into the current incarnation. This game has had a tie-in bowl with Big 12 Conference in 2011, Conference USA in 2012, and Big Ten Conference in 2011 and 2012. The inaugural game saw Texas Tech Red Raiders beat Northwestern Wildcats, 45-38.
Red River Rivalry
The annual college football match between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, also known before 2005 as the Red River Shootout, was played in the Cotton Bowl during the State Fair of Texas, not on the school campus. Ticket sales are shared equally between the two schools, and fans are divided on the 50-yard line. The Longhorns has a 61-46-5 record against the Sooners.
Mustang High School
The Cotton Bowl serves as home to the Mustangs High School soccer team for two periods in the program's history. SMU played at least a few games in the Cotton Bowl from 1932 to 1947, and moved there permanently in 1948 due to the popularity of Doak Walker. The Mustangs played in the Cotton Bowl until 1978, when they moved to the Texas Stadium. The Cotton Bowl also served as a home for high school in the 1990s, after the team was serving the NCAA death penalty and playing at Ownby Stadium on campus. The Games moved back to campus in 2000 with the completion of Gerald J. Ford Stadium.
State Fair Classic
In addition to Red River Rivalry, the Grambling State University Tigers and Prairie View A & amp; M University Panthers play each other at the Cotton Bowl in the State Fair Classic. This game often happens the weekend before the game Rivalry River Texas-OU Red. This is a neutral site for both teams; Grambling State is located in northern Louisiana and Prairie View A & amp; M is located about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Houston, Texas. The showdown, "Battle of the Bands", is arguably more eagerly awaited than the game itself. The State Fair Classic is heavily marketed in the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex, with local hip hop stations pushing large numbers among the African-American community in the region. The State Fair Classic is currently the largest FCS football game in Texas.
Texas State Fair Classic Show
In 2016, the Texas State Fair along with Dallas City announced the expansion of games played during the state fair for 2018 and 2019. Following the weekend of Red River Competition, Southern University Texas Tigers will play against Southern University Jaguars. This game will be a neutral site for both teams, Texas Southern University is in central Houston and Southern University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (South Louisiana). Both schools are old SWAC rivals and have nationally recognized marching bands.
Texas High School Soccer
The Cotton Bowl has a long history of hosting a Texas high school football game. From the early days of the stadium, it was used for playoff and championship matches. In 1945 and 1967, the stadium hosted two of the largest spectators ever to see a Texas high school football game. In 2011 and 2012, he hosted the North Texas Football Classic to start the season.
Powderpuff Football
Blondes vs. Brunettes powderpuff football game is played in cities across the United States. The proceeds from the event were donated to the Alzheimer's Association. The annual contest was started by Sara Allen Abbott whose father, Texas State Rep. Joseph Hugh Allen, died of Alzheimer's disease in 2008. Looking for ways to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Association, Abbott organized a powder football game in honor of his father, football fans of his age life. The game is currently played in over 20 cities across the United States. The increasing popularity of games in the Dallas area resulted in moving the 2012 game to the Cotton Bowl where it could accommodate a larger crowd.
Football (Football Association)
On July 29, 2014, Cotton Bowl held a soccer match between Real Madrid and the U.S. Roma which is part of the 2014 International Champions Cup and AS Roma won the game 1-0. It also hosted six 1994 FIFA World Cup matches.
1994 FIFA World Cup Match
Dallas Tornado
At the beginning of their existence, Dallas Tornado played two professional football seasons in the Cotton Bowl. They spent their first year, 1967, as a franchise of the United Soccer Association and 1968 as members of the North American Football League, in the Cotton Bowl before moving first to P.C. Cobb Stadium, and then to other places. Tornado played for 15 years and used a total of six different Dallas-area stadiums before finally folding after the 1981 season.
Dallas Burn
Dallas Burn of MLS (renamed FC Dallas in 2005) named the Cotton Bowl home for its first 7 seasons between 1996 and 2002, as well as for the 2004 and 2005 seasons, before opening their own stadium, formerly called Pizza Hut Park, in Frisco.
Concert
Music
The stadium has also been home to a number of historic concerts, notably featuring the 21-year-old Elvis Presley, which took place on October 11, 1956 and drew what later became the largest audience in Texas history for outdoor. concert, more than 27,000.
Many consecutive summers of a major concert, featuring several artists, began in July 1978, with the 1st Texas Hour 1, which sold out with over 80,000 attendees. For the purpose of crowd control, the sale of tickets for seats General Floor Cotton General bowl entry is limited, and Jams follow Jam 1978, never reaching 80,000 for that reason. Each Texxas Jam has a row of major artists chosen by the promoter. Over the years, Texxas Jam features some of today's major mainstream artists, including Aerosmith, Heart, Deep Purple, Boston, Journey, Ted Nugent, Scorpions, Loverboy, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Blue ÃÆ'-yster Cult, Sammy Hagar, Nazareth , Styx, Foghat, Santana, The Eagles & amp; Triumph, among others.
The yearly event ended in the summer of 1988, when Van Halen became the title of "Monsters Of Rock" Tour.
Since then, the stadium has continued to be used as a premier concert venue; Eric Clapton held his first three days of Crossroads Guitar Festival there in 2004.
Drum Corps
The Cotton Bowl is also the venue for the 1991 International Drum Corps World Championships.
In popular culture
- The stadium was featured in a 1981 episode of Dallas where J. R. Ewing met Dusty Farlow.
- In The Texas Chainsaw 2 Massacre, two young men were on their way to the Cotton Bowl, when they were killed.
- Journey rock band Journey recorded two videos in the 1980s at the Cotton Bowl.
- The noon scene of the "I Will not Forget You" video by Poison rock band was recorded during the 1987 Texxas Jam on June 20, 1987 in front of over 80,000 people.
- The rock band Rush played their first concert in the Cotton Bowl with Texxas Headline Jam 1984 on June 10th.
- The 2009 reality television series 4th and Long filmed most of the material in the Cotton Bowl.
- In the 1984 Emmy Award-winning film made for "The Jesse Owens Story" made by Paramount Pictures, Cotton Bowl was used as the Berlin Olympic Stadium for the 1936 Olympics. Local flag-makers had to make Nazi Flags and large banners to cover the cotton emblem Bowls and other Texas State Fair items and the like to give the impression that the film took place in Berlin, Germany in 1936.
- In 2010, an ad for McDonald's was filmed in the Cotton Bowl. This ad shows Donald Driver, Wide Receiver for Green Bay Packers.
- The Good Guys 2010 episode titled "Dan on the Run" peaked at the Cotton Bowl.
- The WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza is an annual professional wrestling supercard promoted by Fritz Von Erich World Class Championship Wrestling/World Class Wrestling Association. The event is held in October every year from 1984 to 1988.
- The stadium is the location of the Texas State High School Championship game with the East Dillon Lions in the final series of Friday Night Lights .
- The stadium is the place for Diwali Mela in 2012, 2013, 2016, and 2017.
Source
- "Baseball in Lone Star Country: Texas Greatest Hits", Tom Kayser and David King, Trinity University Press 2005
- "Storied Stadiums: Baseball History Through Its Ballparks", Curt Smith, c.2001
References
External links
- Official website
- Satellite imagery in Google Maps
- World Class Memories: VIRTUAL WCCW TOUR - BOWL COTTON
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